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Yet, ultimately, it is control of the war that Democrats plan on spending all night tonight debating in a rare filibuster over an amendment sponsored by Levin and Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, that specifically dictates a timeline for starting to withdraw U.S. troops no later than 120 days...
D.C. residents have long taken umbrage at their lack of political power. Until 1975, when it elected its first 20th-century mayor, the city was effectively governed by Congress, which to this day still has to approve the city's budget. Three years later, a constitutional amendment that would have...
And so the President won't budge for now on Iraq. And the Democrats won't be able to summon the 67 votes necessary to pass a timetable for withdrawal. Even the old bull Republicans who have "abandoned" the President aren't prepared to vote with the Democrats just yet...
Salazar told me he may well vote for the primary Democratic amendment--sponsored by Carl Levin and Jack Reed--which would set a withdrawal timetable, and then vote for his own amendment as a fallback position when Levin-Reed fails. "You may be surprised by how many Democrats vote for...
Vitter is currently the Southern campaign director for presidential candidate Rudolph Guiliani. At the time of the phone call to Palfrey's escort service, Vitter was still a member of the House of Representatives. In 2006, Vitter emerged as a strong supporter of Marriage Protection Ammendment, a proposed constitutional amendment...